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Title: Colonial and revolutionary families of Pennsylvania; genealogical and personal memoirs
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Jordan, John Woolf, 1840-1921, ed Jordan, Wilfred, b. 1884, ed
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Publisher: New York, NY : Lewis Historical Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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ogheny riverand gave freely of his time and money for the furtherance of this unsuccessfulproject, and was a stockholder in the Youghiogheny Navigation Company thatimproved this river from McKeesport to West Newton by three locks anddams in 1848, and one of a committee of three who rebuilt these dams in 1855.This improvement was destroyed by floods in 1865 and is now being rebuilt bythe government, largely through the influence of Hon. Edward E. Robbins. Heresides on his farm at Robbins Station, it being a part of the original purchaseof his grandfather, Brintnel Robbins. In addition to farming, he has been ac-tively engaged on other enterprises of importance. For a number of years hemanaged the distillery and mining interests of Thomas Moore, of Pittsburgh. Hewas one of the organizers and stockholders in the Metropolitan National Bankof Pittsburgh. He is a staunch Republican and for many years was school direc-tor and delegate to numerous conventions. Mr. Robbins was for many years a
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